Where are the 50s ???

[Kat1 24]

Hi Queen of Crop

No it was tjmom who had the super friend. I am so tired of being judged because of my size that only my husband, daughter, brother, sister and best friend know. I wish I had a friend like hers.

[Queen of Crop 1,104]

Ah, of course.....just got confused.....I've traded my weight problems for brain problems!!! lol. But yes, that was a wonderful story with her friend......but I'm with you.....I have a very small circle of people who know and plan to keep it that way!

[Newfoundlove 95]

Hello everyone! I'm now 12 days out of surgery and feeling pretty darn good! I started puree's on Saturday and have had no issue. So far I've had Amy's black bean turkey chili, cottage cheese, yogurt, cream of wheat (love this!), and shrimp salad. Everything has gone down really well. Tonight I am making a mediterranean tuna salad. I'm not minding this stage a bit. Everything tastes great and my Magic Bullet is getting a workout! It has been interesting to me how my sleeve really does tell me when to stop eating. I measured out 1/4 cup food to start and thought I would go up to 1/3 cup yesterday, but my sleeve constricted just enough to tell me it was full and I stopped. I'm getting in about 50 grams of Protein right now which my NP says is fine as long as I work on increasing every week. I am getting my Vitamins in without an issue as well as my 64 ounces of Fluid.< /p>

I'm walking with my husband every day. Not too far as my left hip is giving me some issues, but at least I'm getting out there. Our weather here in the Seattle area has been beautiful so evening walks are really nice. I'm still not back at the office but yesterday I did start working from home. I put in about six hours and wasn't too tired by the end of the day. I could probably go back to the office, but I'm a little bit of a workaholic and don't need that stress to interfere with my recovery.

My post-op appointment with the NP last Friday went well. She couldn't believe I was only a week out (first day I had put make-up on, not to mention a bra!). My incisions are healing well, I'm sleeping on my side, and just really have no issues. I am treating myself to a massage today as my back is sore since I am favoring it over my stomach muscles while I heal.

My weight loss has been steady. About eight pounds lost since surgery. I will be happy if the weight comes off a little slowly as I would really like to avoid any extra skin issues if at all possible.

I know some of the other 50's have had some post-op challenges. I hope you all get through them and stay positive! Personally, I've been viewing this very positively and I think that has really helped me get through pre and post-op.

Have a great day everyone!

[tjmom 200]

Newfoundlove .... Good to hear you're doing so great.... Very positive post.... I am north of Seattle so am aware of the great weather... Keep up the good work...

[Artsy 48]

Dang Newfound! I'm so impressed. You are doing so well. Thanks so much for keeping us posted here.

[Joni 94]

Yes great news! Good for you. I had my 3-week postop visit today and was told I was healing nicely as well. No problems right now. They told me to keep doing what I've been so far. I've lost 23 since start of preop, so I'm happy with that.

[Newfoundlove 95]

TJMom - isn't this weather wonderful! You and I had the same surgeon - Dr. Billing, so I've been faithfully following your posts.

Joni - yay! You are doing great! Down below 200 too! Congrats! I can't wait to see that number for the first time in 13 years!

Stay positive everyone!

[New_Hope 54]

Hi All! Great news today - - Insurance is approved!! Now waiting to talk to the scheduling people to get my date.

[New_Hope 54]

Newfoundlove - Sounds like you are doing great! Keep us up to date.

[Newfoundlove 95]

Hi All! Great news today - - Insurance is approved!! Now waiting to talk to the scheduling people to get my date.

Yay New Hope! That is great news!

[Kat1 24]

Keep up the excellent job girls. Congratulations!

Kat

[robindei 45]

Hi to everyone! I hope to be joining you all on May 22nd - I am 56 and in dire need of the sleeve. I've gone thru the 6 month dance with my insurance company, and yesterday I heard the they are denying me because of a missed line on a letter from my PCP. My surgery scheduler said to not get worried until tomorrow, because I freaked out and FAXed over a new letter in 10 minutes, so it may still go thru. My surgeon is taking the month of June off, so if I can't have the date of the 22nd, I have to wait until July - and my boss takes 2 weeks off in that month every year...so it could get pushed to August - Grrrr. I am so ready for this.

Also - I will only be able to take off one week (and a day, thanks to Memorial Day) and then I must be back to work - what do you guys feel about that? Were you ready to go back in a week? I have a mostly computer job - my boss sits about 30 feet from me, and my co - workers are all together in my "pod" so I won't have to walk very far to get my job done. I have a lovely boss and wonderful co-workers so I'm sure it will not be stressful to come back. What do you think? Am I being crazy to do this so quickly? Also, I get REALLY bored at home. I hate daytime TV and I tend to clean my house and do the laundry when I am sick anyway.

[Georgia 2,908]

I was back at work in a week - really low energy and very tired but made it fine. You can do it!!! Go for it!!

[Georgia 2,908]

Okay, it is NOT easy to re-lose! lol Anybody else have trouble losing again after maintaining/gaining a few lbs over a period of months?

I've been low-carbing (pretty stringently) for the last two weeks and I lose a 1/2 lb, gain a 1/2 lb, lose a lb/ gain a lb!! GRR

I want to lose the 10 lbs I've gained in the last year! Really havent gained any weight at all since about December. And I have my two year surgiversary date coming up (and Dr. appt!) and would like to be back at goal.

Any ideas? Low carb used to really work well for me but doesn't seem to be doing much now that my body has kinda reached a "set point."

[Newfoundlove 95]

Hi Robin - I hope everything works out with your insurance company. Everyone's recovery is so different after surgery. I've had no complications so if I had a desk job that didn't require me to do too much, I could probably have gone back to work after a week. I do a lot of computer work also, but I also manage people and have a generally high-stress job. My surgeon was pretty adamant about not going back until two weeks because stress can affect surgery recovery in so many ways. He is okay with me working from home, checking emails, etc. Yesterday I worked for about seven hours with several breaks. Today, I'm a little bit more tired and will probably knock off after six hours or so. I do now others that have gone back after a week so they'll probably weigh in.

Good luck!